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Wednesday, December 17, 2014
Friday, December 5, 2014
Ghetto Could be 'Wild West'
Barkley: Ghetto Would Be Like ‘Wild, Wild West’ if it Wasn’t for Police
FERGUSON, Mo. (CBS St. Louis)
NBA Hall of Famer Charles Barkley is defending police officers, calling it “ridiculous” that people claim white cops are just out there killing black people.
Speaking to CNN on Tuesday, Barkley stated that if it wasn’t for police, the ghetto would be like the “wild, wild west.”
“The notion that white cops are out there just killing black people – that’s ridiculous. That’s just flat-out ridiculous,” the TNT basketball analyst told CNN. “I challenge any black person to try to make that point. Cops are actually awesome. They are the only thing in the ghetto between this place being the wild, wild west. So this notion that cops are out there just killing black men is ridiculous and I hate that narrative coming out of this entire situation.”...link
On to Mars!
NASA launches Orion Test Flight!
from The Atlantic
...
...Success! With a dawn launch, NASA has ushered in a new age for final
frontier explorations. At 7:05 a.m EST Friday, NASA launched its Orion
spacecraft, a potential precursor to manned Mars, moon, or asteroid
missions."The star of the day is Orion," said NASA Administrator Charles Bolden Jr., according to the AP. He called the success "Day One of the Mars era."
The spacecraft is now zooming past at 15,000 miles per hour as it prepares to begin its first orbit around Earth. It is "performing perfectly," according to NASA...link
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